The royal morning coffee

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April 26, 2011

Those of you who have had access to a media source for more than a few minutes over the past six months are probably aware that there’s this Royal Wedding happening on Friday. It is, apparently, some sort of big deal.

As a result, our news sources are attempting to beguile us with thousands of poorly made stories about the bride and groom, their families, and wedding preparations. Stories of people who are (and are not) invited, forged invitations, people who happen to share the same name with the bride. General wedding stories. Stories about other weddings in the groom’s family — that of his parents, in particular.

Amongst all this crap, we have found one interesting story at the Big Bad Blog — that of the man tasked with preparing obituaries for Charles and Diana for People Magazine, in case a terrorist attack killed one (or both) of them on their wedding day in 1981.

Photo found at The World’s Best Ever. Credit unknown, though it could potentially belong to The Last Tuesday Society.
Webcomic is The Front, by Nate Pollard.

This weekend your coffee is making money and sneezing bullets

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January 15, 2011

	Here is an interesting article with a compelling argument: Fred Phelps does not fervently believe what he preaches — it’s all a scam to make money.
A sad sign that we are in The Future — or just that I am getting old — youngsters no longer know what A- and B-drives are.
	Jeff Koons, an artist who makes his living appropriating and re-imagining popular images, is now making legal claims that he owns intellectual property rights over all balloon animals.
This is a website, so I think I am legally mandated to point out that some Italian dude sneezed out a bullet after being shot in the head. Don’t worry. He’s fine.
	Hey look! I agree with Microsoft! Letting Apple trademark “App Store” would be a bad idea.
This guy is teaching his kids how to use a sword. I think it goes without saying that Maggie will begin fencing as soon as she’s old enough to want to learn.
	There’s a new get-rich-quick in the stockmarket scheme. Just have 50 Cent tweet about your stock.
Ghostbusters III is waiting on holdout Bill Murray. I’m conflicted as to whether I’d prefer if Mr. Murray agree to make the movie (Fuck yeah! Ghostbusters!) or turn it down (do we really need more sequels to ’80s movies?).

This weekend coffee has plenty of animals

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January 8, 2011

	Are you like me, in that your browser is set to avoid tracking cookies and the like from following you around the Internet? Then you — like me — will dismayed to learn that you can still be tracked despite your best effort.
Here at the Big Bad Blog, we have read several articles like this one, in which the author has given up soap and shampoo. We might imagine trying such a thing, but are fairly certain that it does not mix well with fencing.
	Here’s something amusing — ten commandments from the New Testament. They are amusing, because the crazed right-wing zealots who ask themselves “What Would Jesus Do?” never come up with these answers. They should.
Atheists are, apparently, considered unfit to serve in the US Military.
	This wins the Big Bad Blog contest for best blog post of the week.
I’m always amused by news regarding the failure of TSA screenings. This is no exception.
	Apparently a new measure of beer is about to invade British pubs: the schooner. Reuters suggests that the schooner may end up bringing an end to the pint. While we here at the Big Bad Blog may find the word “schooner” too appetizing to not order one, we think this prediction may be a bit bold.
The New Yorker has termed investment bankers to be socially worthless.

Your Halloween coffee

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October 31, 2010

	If you’re like me, you will be spending much of the day watching scary movies. Here is a list of scary movies I won’t be watching this year. Hopefully. I’m not in charge of the movie selection.
Halloween is, of course, a time at which many young ladies briefly become exhibitionists, using fancy dress as an excuse. Here are some sexy costumes best avoided.
	Panicking this morning? Do you need a last minute costume, or to quickly carve a pumpkin that will impress all your friends? Evil Mad Scientist has some Halloween Projects for you to steal.
Want to make your home creepy for visitors? Have a bunch of Barbie dolls lying around? Then we suggest that you make yourself a Barbie Zombie Garden.
	Alternatively, you could work on making an area look haunted … using lego.
This Stormtrooper Costume is a quick and easy Halloween costume, for those facing party emergencies.